Wit's chemistry

when wit deceives my ego’ s eyes,~
reality and dream
converge~ into surreal
moments of fluid truth.

tête-à-tête

my mind, poached
its yolk
spilling out into a void;
past mirrored hallways,
grey
reflections of
words
are chained to my
tongue

Rain storm

a mighty storm is coming
the
oceans' belly
churns,
waves crash
against the rocky
pit,
bubbles up its
throat,
and shoots out of raining eyes

random funk

moody feet
land on melancholy
quicksand
sink the mind
deeper
into the blackest
of black,
the septic gut
of depression.

Ink bleeds

the mind sharpens
a forgotten
pen
black ink bleeds
on
fingertips,
seeps into
white paper,
and stains
the purity
of blankness.

Metamorphose

I was invisible, ~
even in my own
dreams, ~
till a forgotten
voice ~
was yanked out of
me, ~
liberated at last.

Aeronautic

Imagination:
when
thoughts take flight
soar
on the wings
of ideas --
unencumbered /
by reason
or reality.

Plead

trapped under the glass lid
of a
frozen ocean,
spring
pleads with the sky
to
untie the sun's arms.

Inception or ?

an assortment of words
dangle from the sealing,,
as if tied to a sting,
but
recoil the moment
I reach
for them.

Plastic smile

a plastic smile,
guarded lips / and
nonchalance--/ desperate
attempts /
to shield a heart.

Radicle of the sand and me

overturn the stone
dig down deep,
displace
the roots that
hold this soil
together
taste my earth

Liquid dream

My dreams dissolve /
into liquid /
stardust.

Fountain Clock

Garden fountain /
trickles out
minutes /
then hours /

then time /
dissolves like
drops in pond

Beak

fro-threads of my
thoughts/
unravelling in
the beaks/
of morning
swallows

enprisonen

Locked in poetry •
doors paper-made •
skeleton key •
unlocks the universal cylinder in me

Truth the poem

Between sanity and madness
A poem
An ink-drop
Of truth

Soaring Me

I dream of flying ~
where i soar above
the bleak
reach the path ahead

The Brain

Fragments of memory
portions of
time
stored in
unconscious depths.

the moth and the light

A moth ~
wanders from flight ~
attracted to a night light ~
that loses its light ~
now
lost~
the moth and the light
share the dark

brand new clouds

care free wind borne clouds ~
their lives
be short and sweet~
always reborn new

symbols

I put a semi- colon /
at the end of one
period /
in my life; then I
moved on.

standing by the aquarium

beneath leafy shade ~
how peaceful
to be a fish ~
in a limpid pool

Camera-eye

Little withered rose ~
its fragrance in
memory ~
of bright
shattered dreams

Lotus

beneath the water ::
rising up out of
the mud ::
a lotus bursts
forth

Petrichor ~the name for the smell of
rain on dry ground `and
we love

blood on the song

A trace of ruby /
Red blood drops proliferate/
Paper cut burning

Romance of a butterfly

euphoria dances /
in the space
between second/
possessions of being /
a fleeting romance

Climate change

Cloud folds onto cloud /
Obliterating the blue /
Monotonous grey and green

Weird philosophy

innocent words
imprisoned
in
dictionaries

Pie in the sky

dreams swept of conclusion ~
sunny dawn sidewalks ~
dancing under rainbow
canopy

Apple tree

these woods again

a leaf frozen

in the spider web

Reminiscence

i pine for all those ~
lost, non - fungible moments ~
of my childhood, deep regrets

Wayanad

streaming through dark trees
rays of sunlight cascading ~
dancing on the ground

the stars in my eyes/
are but a reflection of/
the desire in yours

Solo

I am silent rain~
under tree canopy~
my core centered aim

Vandalism

Fresh primulas give /
Colour splash in raised garden/
Easy vandalism

Crow.Morning

crop of crows /
edged the rim of dawn /
scattered sleep

For a flower

The blooms need a crop /
The heads of dying flowers /
I am down

Dove

she sits tosses crumbs ~
feed her dreams chirp birds coo doves ~
they lend her their wings

Chinar : Pahalgam

Gentle snowy breeze /
Chinar tree's branches sway / wind chimes softly

Moisture

sticky fine dew-dropped ~
net reaching across dark sky ~
holding life's essence

British school, Srinagar

Iridescent eye ~
flaring orange;
white pupil ~
gazes from above

School ground.

slowly walked along ~
hard ripple marks on the sand~
Memmories vibrate deeper

Honey bees

Flowers have party /
Dressed in best, vivid colors / Welcoming guest bees

Sunny morning

Shots of sun pierce mist
Warming shafts of golden light
Ricochet from roof

dreaming the semi finished symphony

the unborn music ~
in hollow reeds at stream's edge~
Whispering in dreams

mother earth

Earth monsoon drenched ~
to inure herself from pain ~
grows a cover green

Persian bird

we bribe the wild birds /
to come share their songs /
of Persia and other countries

silent pop outs

Silence Eternal~
Speaking silent words falling~
on deafened ears

Nishath garden water falls

white cascading stream ~
dancing over moss strewn rocks ~
with tinkling laughter

betrayed !

Savage emotion~
Cutting deeper than a blade~
Cruel vice of loving

temple

fragrant herb incense /
weaves through repetitive chants /
and circles the bell

Home Alone

A drab gray landscape/
then I stood before a sight divine/
luminous green leaves flanked the glowing facade/
this is HOME sang my weary heart.

dream impossible

The lotus has dreamed /
Of flying high in the sky /
Pond holds

storms

Thunder claps its hands /
rain dances /
on my window pane

facebook and other virtual planets

this whole virtual world •
I am the master •
of keys and buttons •
from the comfort •
of my chair

Gulmarg

frosty morning /
flock of
starlings /
twisting in the
wind.

Grammar

Words /
if you don't trap them /
in a sentence / they will escape

Moon bakery

Bright slice of moon pie*
feasted upon by the
stars*
comets collect crumbs

Beneath the Shower

Frozen perfection ~
each droplet
stopped in its tracks ~
artistic, silent.

Sonmarg. After Rain

twilight /
rain becoming snow /
swallowing my words

bird's song

cloudy •
inside this soul •
waiting for snow...